Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains have added to their wide selection range
of structures with a kit for the small freight house located in Weeks
Mills, Maine, at milepost 28.2 on the 2" gauge Wiscasset, Waterville and
Farmington. The line closed in 1933, but a replica of this building has
been constructed at the WWF museum at Alna, Maine.

The main board & batten walls are laser cut, guaranteeing an accurate
fit. The doors are also laser cut, with the correct planked pattern;
they are individual and can be positioned open if required. The laser
has also been used to produce the floor, deck, and roof. The modeler
must cut and fit stripwood for the door surrounds, corner trim, barge
boards, and the deck edging.

The floor structure features a five by four grid of square holes for
support piles, should they be necessary according to the lie of the
land, and a quantity of suitable stripwood is supplied.

No glazing material is provided. The instructions occupy five sides of
A4; they are thorough and helpful, illustrated with colour photos
-showing the prototype, the completed model, and the process step by
step. A number of minor typographical errors are evident but none mask
the sense. One small point - the printed template guide lines for
ensuring the shingles strips are straight are not tall enough for this
roof, but they are more than wide enough and duplicates can be cut out
and overlapped.

The actual strips of shingles are just the right length for the roof,
which makes offsetting them so the individual shingles do not line up a
little awkward. However, there are rather more strips than required so
it should be possible to split the occasional row.

No guidance is given on how to treat the front edge of the roof: a
fascia board and a capping stripwood would work nicely, and there should
be enough stripwood spare.

No special tools are required - just a good sharp craft knife, a metal
straight edge, fine sandpaper, and suitable adhesive - and assembly
should present no problems, given care and a little patience. As the
building is not too large or complicated it might make a good
introduction to craftsman kits for the beginner.

Colours are suggested, and it is recommended that most parts be painted
or stained before assembly; however, our sample was assembled unpainted
to show the materials.

The original structure had the lower part of the walls a different
colour, and the most difficult task may well be masking the division
over the many prominent ridges of the board & batten siding.